![]() But soon, Mahito meets a bizarre talking Grey Heron, which actually has a man inside it (Masaki Suda) claiming that the boy’s mother is not really dead. ![]() Mahito is having trouble adjusting to this new arrangement - he gets uncomfortable when locals mention how much Natsuko looks like the late Hisako - and hints of his mental distress show themselves when one day he hits himself in the head with a rock. Shoichi, however, has moved on with his life, marrying Natsuko (Yoshino Kimura), Hisako’s younger sister, with a baby on the way. ![]() The boy is still shattered by the death of his mother Hisako, who perished in a fire. In the midst of World War II, young Mahito (voiced by Soma Santoki) has fled from Tokyo to the countryside with with his father Shoichi (Takuya Kimura). (The picture then makes its way to the New York and San Sebastian festivals, and has sold to multiple territories including Gkids for North America.) At 82, Miyazaki is among the most revered living filmmakers, and his fans will no doubt be ecstatic to see another picture from him. Opening in Japan in July without advertising or trailers, The Boy And The Heron was an event in Miyazaki’s home country, scoring the director’s biggest ever opening, and a similar buzz should greet the animation when it premieres as Toronto’s opening night film. ![]() Drawing from elements of his own childhood, Miyazaki has dreamed up a fantastical environment in which anything seems possible - including the potential to remake oneself.Ī film full of stunning images that vary from sublime to nightmarish The Boy And The Heron marks the return of the animation auteur, who announced his retirement after his Oscar-nominated 2013 picture The Wind Rises, delivering a film full of stunning images that vary from sublime to nightmarish. 124minsįor his first film in a decade, and most likely his last, writer-director Hayao Miyazaki revisits familiar themes - the fragile bonds of family, the delicate balance of the natural world - to tell an achingly beautiful story about a 11-year-old boy in mourning for his dead mother who may not really be gone. ![]()
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